Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза; СКП–КПСС; UPC–CPSU) is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.[2]

Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
LeaderGennady Zyuganov
FounderOleg Shenin
Founded1993
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Youth wingMSKO Komsomol
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
International affiliationIMCWP[1]
ColoursRed
Website
www.skp-kpss.ru

Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin,[2] who split off a part of the UCP–CPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".

Composition of the UPC–CPSU

The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 18 of the communist parties of the former Soviet Union:[3]

State Party Election Lower house Upper houseLeader
 Abkhazia Communist Party of Abkhazia 2017 election
0 / 35
 — Lev Shamba
 Armenia Armenian Communist Party 2018 election
0 / 132
 — Tachat Sargsyan
 Azerbaijan Communist Party of Azerbaijan 2020 election
0 / 125
 — Rauf Qurbanov
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus 2019 election
11 / 110
13 / 64
 Igor V. Karpenko
 Estonia Communist Party of Estonia Banned by the authorities Vacant
 Georgia Unified Communist Party of Georgia 2016 election
0 / 150
 — Nugzar Avaliani
 Kazakhstan Communist Party of Kazakhstan Banned by the authorities Galziz Aldamzharov
 Kyrgyzstan Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan October 2020 election
1 / 120
(with United Kyrgyzstan)		 — Ishak Masaliev
 Latvia Communist Party of Latvia Banned by the authorities Underground
 Lithuania Communist Party of Lithuania Underground
 Moldova Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova 2019 election
0 / 101
 — Vladimir Voronin
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation 2016 election
43 / 450
4 / 170
 Gennady Zyuganov
 South Ossetia Communist Party of South Ossetia 2019 election
1 / 34
 — Stanislav Kochiev
 Tajikistan Communist Party of Tajikistan 2020 election
2 / 63
 — Shodi Shabdolov
 Transnistria Pridnestrovie Communist Party 2015 election
0 / 43
 — Oleg Khorzhan
 Turkmenistan Communist Party of Turkmenistan Banned by the authorities Serdar Rahimow
 Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko
 Uzbekistan Communist Party of Uzbekistan Kaxramon Mahmudov
  • Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria are partially or wholly unrecognised states.

See also

References
  1. IMCWP. "Participants List". IMCWP. Retrieved 16 February 2019.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. March, Luke (2002). The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Russia. Manchester University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780719060441.
  3. "ЦК КПРФ Вестник организационо-партийной и кадровой работы". www.kprf-org.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
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